Example sentences of "it [vb past] [Wh det] it " in BNC.

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1 That used to be a completely different tune ; I had the lyrics , but I played it on an open tuned National , then when I got the Strat and plugged it into an old Fender Vibrolux amp , it became what it became on record .
2 Its great expectations were such that in 1975 it produced what it called a ‘ Reference Programme ’ of future development based on a dramatic growth in electricity demand .
3 WH Smith took out an injunction against the five after it discovered what it says was a plot to launch a music chain to rival Our Price .
4 There was no doubting the eagerness of many colleges to respond to the challenge and the opportunity , and the Board — containing a number of lively young university people and interested employers — was torn between its anxiety to go ahead quickly and the need to ensure that it established what it called at its first meeting ‘ lasting standards ’ .
5 It knew what it was doing
6 ‘ The valve is a routine piece of safety equipment and basically it did what it was supposed to do . ’
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